Project News & Upcoming Events: 2002

2001 2002

March 2002
Second Announcement: Women and Environment Conference in preparation of RIO+10
Uganda Women Tree Planting Movement (UWTPM) would like to announce the International Consultative meeting in preparation for RIO+10. The consultative meeting will take place in the first week of March 2002 in Kampala, Uganda. The target groups are African project women leaders who are implementing RIO Conventions, e.g., desertification, biodiversity, climate change and forum on the forests. We intend to examine the UN main conferences that took place after RIO, e.g., Vienna, Copenhagen, Cairo, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome for the Food Summit. In all these meetings, women's involvement at different levels in decision-making was highlighted.
The main objective of this meeting is to take stock from RIO 1992 todate and see how much women have benefited from these UN Conferences and if they haven't, we want to know why they have not benefited. This will help us to come up with a way forward for the 21st Century's women's movement.
International delegates are welcome as observers. For more information about this meeting, please contact:
Contact person:
Mrs. Ruth Mubiru
Executive Director, UWTPM
Email: zenithcafe@yahoo.com (Subject: ATTN Mrs. Ruth Mubiru)
Web: UWTPM Profile

Call for Nominations: Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life
Awarded since 1995 by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) - an international NGO for the empowerment of women and children - the Prize ($500 each) annually honours women and women's groups exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment in improving the quality of life in rural communities. The Prize aims to draw international attention to the laureates' contributions to sustainable development, household food security and peace, thus generating more recognition and support for their projects. While rural women are vital in providing examples of sound practice in rural communities, they still do not have to full access tools needed for development, such as education, credit, land rights and participation in decision-making. By highlighting creative development models, innovations and experiences enhancing the quality of life in rural areas, WWSF hopes to participate in addressing the eradication of extreme poverty and help arrest the drift to urban areas.
Deadline for nominations is March 2002. For additional information, including nomination forms, contact:
Contact person:
Maria Peñaloza
Prize program coordinator
The Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF)
P.O.Box 2001, 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland
Tel: (..41 22) 738.66.19
Fax: (..41 22) 738.82.48
Email: prize@vtxnet.ch Web: http://www.woman.ch

May 2002
Coady International Institute: Certificate For Women Community Development Leadership.
May 13 - June 7, 2002
The Certificate For Women Community Development Leadership Program is an innovative four-week designed to provide women development workers with the necessary knowledge and skills to be effective decision-makers and to advance within their organizations. The Certificate Program will enhance and clarify concepts and theories of development and critically examine various contemporary and leading-edge approaches. Participants will gain specific skills in program planning and evaluation, as well as budgeting and financial management. Completion of the program will provide an expanded understanding of organizational management and leadership.
For more information, please contact:
Contact person:
M. Toogood,
Registrar, Coady International Institute
Tel: (902) 867-3953
Fax: (902) 867-3907
E-mail: mtoogood@stfx.ca

Coady International Institute: Certificate in Managing NGO Resource Centres.
May 13 - June 07, 2002
Development organizations around the world recognize the power of information to raise awareness and mobilize action for social change. They also recognize the need to develop their own capacity to access, organize and use information effectively. They need methods that are both locally appropriate and globally connected.
The Certificate in Managing NGO Resource Centres will provide participants with the opportunity to gain or improve skills in managing information, as well as to analyse the dynamics of indigenous knowledge, appropriate media, information sharing and networking. During the program participants will develop an action plan for their resource centre's contribution to the community-based development, information and education strategies of their organization.
This unique four-week program is intended for those actively working in, or planning to establish, a resource centre. The workshop format will emphasize the active exchange of ideas among participants within a collaborative learning environment. Participants will also have access to excellent information technology facilities. Registration will be limited to 25 participants.
Deadline for application is January 15, 2002. For more information and for applications forms, please contact:
Contact person:
Mildred Toogood,
Registrar, Coady International Institute
Tel: (902) 867-3953
Fax: (902) 867-3907
E-mail: mtoogood@stfx.ca

Celebrating Mountain Women, May 28 - 31, 2002
The UN's proposed International Year of the Mountains (IYM) 2002 has presented a unique opportunity to highlight the realities of life in the mountains and put women on the mountain agenda. In this context, ICIMOD and the Mountain Forum plan to hold a global conference, Celebrating Mountain Women (CMW), to launch a long-term programme for mountain women at ICIMOD. This international conference is a chance to celebrate the drive, spirit and diversity of mountain women everywhere. At the conference, mountain women will also prepare a message for the Earth Summit to be held in South Africa in 2002.
Deadline for registration is January 31, 2002. For more information, please contact:
Contact person:
Ms. Ojaswi Josse
Coordination Unit of Celebrating Mountain Women
IYM 2002 Secretariat, ICIMOD
P.O.Box 3226
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: ojaswi@icimod.org.np
Fax: ++ 977 1 524509
Tel: ++977 1 525313

July 2002
Women's Worlds 2002: The 8^th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, July 21-26, 2002 (Second announcement)
The congress is organized around the main theme "Gendered Worlds: Gains and Challenges". This theme provides an opportunity for a broad reflection on the state of women and gender issues from a gendered perspective within the context of change. It enables discussions focused on both differences and similarities and offers positive pointers for future action for gender equity and equality. The Women's Worlds 2002 special focus areas will be the African perspective, young voices, gendering women and men, celebrating multiculturality and diversity and North - South perspectives. These focus areas will be reflected in the congress program themes.
Deadline for submitting your abstracts is December 30, 2000.
Download a copy of the Second Announcement with:

An invitation from Prof. P. J. M. Ssebuwufu, Vice Chancellor, Makerere University and an invitation from Dr. Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, Head of Department of Women Studies and Conference Convenor
Women's Worlds 2002 Program
Keynote speakers and a call for more keynote speakers
An announcement for the Know How Conference 2002 to be held within the Women's Worlds 2002 program, and the Norwegian Council for Higher Education (NUFU) Gender Seminar II to follow the program
Registration Information and Registration Forms
List of hotels available around Kampala City
General information about the congress venue - Makerere University, the Department of Women Studies and Kampala city
Practical information for travelers
Information on social events - the Cultural Program

Contact person:
The Co-ordinator, Women's Worlds 2002
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Makerere University
P.O Box 7062
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-531484
Fax: 256-41-543539
E-mail: gendermu@africaonline.co.ug Web page: Dept. of Women and Gender Studies

Women's Worlds 2002 Congress Call for Abstracts: Gendering Pleasure
The Women's Worlds 2002 Congress is inviting abstracts on the theme: Gendering Pleasure. Possible topics include:

The Pleasures and significance of reading poetry, novels etc
The pleasure and significance of closeness/touch/the body/sex
The pleasure of motherhood/parenting
Other pleasures from a historical/sociological/anthropological, religious or literary perspective

Feel free to make suggestions in this respect. If you are interested in the panels, please submit an abstract on any topic of your choice.
For additional information, please contact:
Contact person:
Grace Bantebya (PhD), Convener
Department of Women and Gender Studies
Makerere University
P.O Box 7062
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-531484
Fax: 256-41-543539
E-mail: gendermu@africaonline.co.ug Web page: Dept. of Women and Gender Studies

Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information
The Know How conference 2002 will be held within Women World's 2002 program from 23-26 July, 2002 in Kampala, Uganda. This will be the 5^th conference of specialists in the collection and dissemination of information relevant to women. The conference is being organized by Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) assisted by the International Information Center and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV) in Amsterdam.
The two events complement each other in that the Women's Worlds brings together creators of knowledge (researchers) while the Know How conference brings together specialists in getting information to where it is needed--to the grassroots, researchers, policy makers and the media. By bringing the information specialists to the Women's Worlds conference and researchers to the Know How workshops, we hope to radically affect the relationships between research, activism and information flows.
All conference participants and information specialists will be welcome to the Know How Workshops and the thematic workshops of the Women's Worlds congress.
Contact person:
Director, Isis-WICCE
P.O Box 4934
Kampala, Uganda
Tel: 256-41-543953
Fax: 256-41-543954
E-mail: isis@starcom.co.ug Web page: Isis-WICCE

Call for Proposals: Second Know How Conference
We call on women's media, Internet managers, information and advocacy organizations -as well as researchers- to submit proposals for the Second Know How Conference, to be held at the Makerere University campus, Kampala, Uganda, 21-26 July 2002. Your proposal should address the Conference's mission, which is: "To build and consolidate powerful relationships between participating organizations, in order to create new programs to make information on the position of women, and for women, highly accessible and visible." Click here for further information.

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Last update: December-14, 2001